If you believed Ukip’s rhetoric you might think multi-cultural Britain is a bad thing. Not so says Rani Moorthy who presents a world premiere of her work States of Verbal Undress at The Lowry Studio. This new piece from...
Read MoreFolk used to be the preserve of beardy blokes in Arran sweaters singing about nautical disasters. Now the likes of Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow are reclaiming our nation’s traditional music for a new generation....
Read MoreIt was certainly an interesting aesthetic choice to bound on stage topless when you’re as hairy as Stanley Brinks. My mate remarked that he seemed to be wearing a hairy bra, but when you get past the forest on his back...
Read More19,240. That is the number of young men who were mown down on the first day of the Somme in 1916. To mark the centenary of The Great War, Northern Broadsides is touring Deborah McAndrew’s new play An Autumn Bank Holiday Lark. As...
Read MoreWhen Eddi Reader hit number one with Perfect she seemed set for a life of chart-topping fame. But stronger artistic instincts took her in another direction. After Fairground Attraction collapsed in the wake of their one classic...
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